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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
2
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Russell Sr. started a greenhouse in 1936 after moving to Monahans in 1934 and briefly running a floral shop. They built a steady West Texas operation with climate controlled growing and soil additives, continuing a family green industry but ending the retail floral shop today.
Services were held for J. D. Latham a 61 year old Breckenridge resident and carpenter and painter at a local church. Survivors include his widow a daughter three sons four sisters two brothers and ten grandchildren. A second funeral for 58 year old Carlos C. Montoya of Kermit was at St Joseph Catholic Church with burial in Monahans Cemetery. Montoya had lived in Kermit 18 years and leaves a widow seven children four brothers and five sisters. The M J Haning Family thanks friends for expressions of sympathy.
The Russell family runs wholesale floral operations with potted plants and bedding stock drawing retail customers. Mrs Marie Russell, 73, leads as bookkeeper with son Ralph as general manager and owners Tom Jr and Don B Russell. Two extra greenhouses boosted capacity by about two thirds, built with plastic-like corrugated material valued near $2.00. They harvest first crop in new houses and wrap 900 blooming poinsettias for shipping.
Zsa Zsa Gabor alleges she was removed from a Palma de Mallorca flight by five police officers who beat her and brought her before a magistrate for unpaid hotel and clothing bills. She reportedly left the island after arranging settlement with a London bank.
Newcomer Gerald Raybun 503 S Veronica M L Widdess 608 S Harry Clara Adams 609 S Calvin George Hal Brooks 307 W 11th St Maxie M Walker 508 W 9th St Dean Rogers 500 5th Wickett listed in this neighborhood registry detailing addresses and residents.
The fire events include a kitchen blaze at Charro Cafe on Highway 80 on December 11, smoke damage at 207 West A on December 12, and a ceiling fire at Worth Well Surveys, 500 North Eva, on December 13.
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